Hartismere School

Est. 1451. An outstanding coeducational secondary school & sixth form college and England's first academy

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Early Help at Hartismere School

At Hartismere, all staff are trained in recognising the signs of abuse and are committed to and know the benefit of Early Help as a way of supporting families and young people before their needs become acute and Social Care or other specialist intervention may be necessary.

We have a range of robust safeguarding procedures in place which puts the safety and protection of children at the heart of any decisions.

The safeguarding team all complete inter-agency safeguarding training on a yearly programme. All other school staff complete safeguarding training on a three yearly basis and are updated regularly to any changes in legislation..

Involvement of Families

The school will always involve the family in all Early Help strategies and most will only be put in place with their permission. The school will aim to work with families in a supportive, non-judgemental way so that trust is built up and the best possible outcomes achieved.

Early Help examples

At Hartismere, we can offer several types of Early Help support. Our most popular support includes:

In this section...

County lines

Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) and Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)

Find My Kids App

Policies and guidance

Common Sense Media – Game Reviews

Child to parent abuse

Domestic Violence

E-Safety

Do you want to tell us anything?

Bullying and child on child abuse

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Safeguarding: X

Wellbeing

Online Safety Help Videos

Youtube - Supervised Experience

Top 15 most dangerous apps for children

Safeguarding

Safeguarding: Social Media & Mental Health

Online safety newsletters

The ABC online safety checklist

Safeguarding: BeReal

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Why Failure Hits Girls So Hard and How to Help Them Embrace It

NHS 111 mental health support

TwitBook - Can you spot the problems with this profile page?

24/7 Text support for Mental Health

Caught In The Web

Coping with exam pressure - a guide for students

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What happens to your examination script?

5 Brilliant Moments in Patterns

I Belong: encouraging girls into computer science programme

Teacher of Mathematics (possibility to combine with a head of year post)

Pan's Labyrinth - The Pale Man article

Hartismere Art & Photography Exhibition 2025

Pupil Premium Strategy Statement

Examination Rules, Guidance and Support

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Safeguarding Wellbeing Internet Safety School Nurse Health Statutory Information Fine Art Social Media Girls Guidance App ICT Exploitation Photography Emergency YouTube Student Information Belong Holiday GCE Bullying

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